SithLord0498
Well-known member
Yeah, this battery life isn't very good at all even after the cache wipe. It may be as good as Gingerbread on a good day, but it's definitely not better.
I'm currently at 44% after 22 hours, but here are the conditions I've put it under:
1. 4G and Wi-Fi turned off unless I need them.
2. About 6 of those hours, I was sleeping and only had it running for the alarm clock.
3. Display time is 2 hours 3 minutes with the brightness around 40%
4. I did have PlayerPro (my MP3 player of choice) playing almost continuously for 4 hours today.
5. Bluetooth has been on for about 4-5 hours total, but it's usually just on standby and not actively running because I only pair with the Bluetooth system built into my car.
Looking at my stats and the drainage in real time (I use "Battery Indicator" which measures 1% increments in the status bar), I noticed two things:
1. Rate of battery depletion at least DOUBLED when 4G was switched on. It didn't seem to matter what environment (inside, outside, etc).
2. I have two lengthy segments of YELLOW in the bar graph under "Mobile Network Signal". I know exactly where I was during those times, and I have never seen signal weakness recorded there while running Gingerbread. This leads me to believe that the 246 build actually REDUCED my phone's reception, and it's having to try harder to keep a strong signal.
Now, I am grateful that we have a smoother running operating system. I'm happy that my GPS functions again (905 basically rendered it unusable). I'm happy that the screen resolution appears sharper and more vibrant.
However, I'm greatly disappointed in the power management of this build, the reduced reception, and...yes...there have been three times since Saturday night that my phone has dropped data. It's not even close to the instability my 905 had been exhibiting over the past month, but it's still a disappointment.
Hopefully, these problems end up being widespread, and Motorola is forced to design and release a software patch to address these issues.
But...I'm not holding my breath. Maybe the OS 4.1 update will yield better results. As for now, I'm going to have to make sure I recharge every night and also keep it plugged in and charging while driving.
I'm currently at 44% after 22 hours, but here are the conditions I've put it under:
1. 4G and Wi-Fi turned off unless I need them.
2. About 6 of those hours, I was sleeping and only had it running for the alarm clock.
3. Display time is 2 hours 3 minutes with the brightness around 40%
4. I did have PlayerPro (my MP3 player of choice) playing almost continuously for 4 hours today.
5. Bluetooth has been on for about 4-5 hours total, but it's usually just on standby and not actively running because I only pair with the Bluetooth system built into my car.
Looking at my stats and the drainage in real time (I use "Battery Indicator" which measures 1% increments in the status bar), I noticed two things:
1. Rate of battery depletion at least DOUBLED when 4G was switched on. It didn't seem to matter what environment (inside, outside, etc).
2. I have two lengthy segments of YELLOW in the bar graph under "Mobile Network Signal". I know exactly where I was during those times, and I have never seen signal weakness recorded there while running Gingerbread. This leads me to believe that the 246 build actually REDUCED my phone's reception, and it's having to try harder to keep a strong signal.
Now, I am grateful that we have a smoother running operating system. I'm happy that my GPS functions again (905 basically rendered it unusable). I'm happy that the screen resolution appears sharper and more vibrant.
However, I'm greatly disappointed in the power management of this build, the reduced reception, and...yes...there have been three times since Saturday night that my phone has dropped data. It's not even close to the instability my 905 had been exhibiting over the past month, but it's still a disappointment.
Hopefully, these problems end up being widespread, and Motorola is forced to design and release a software patch to address these issues.
But...I'm not holding my breath. Maybe the OS 4.1 update will yield better results. As for now, I'm going to have to make sure I recharge every night and also keep it plugged in and charging while driving.